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On 3/5/2021 at 8:08 PM, Problemchild said:

10 months for the hotshot gold wheels to arrive but now they have it’s finally finished 

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JJ

That’s hot!!

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Refurbed a Dirt Thrasher over the past few weeks - lovely car :)

Was in quite good condition 

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shell Unpainted and no decals 

Lots of sand everywhere 

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so it all went in the sonic cleaner 

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came out well

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JJ

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Few updates (busy time with work)

Firstly got a wl toys 144001 and put a cool Phat bodies shell on and some cheap hop ups - not a bad little car tbh and nice looking that the 1/10 one 

 

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Scale next to the TT02b

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Hop ups package 

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Then there was the top force evo

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With some bling 

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With some Custom RC parts braces (check them on FB)

not a bad build - got a 3 sum now 

 

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Also updated the dying beetle shell 

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having 3S brushless going through the chassis takes its toll but man it’s fun

and thanks to @Xeostar for designing the gearbox brace for me (which I hope is now benefiting lots of you)

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and yes I had to move away from UJ and paint my dog bones day glow orange - you’ll undergrad if you are a beetle runner 

 

But a new shell painted black (retrospectively a bad choice) 

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And finally for this update - went for another static model by this time 2 wheels :)

 

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was v v v fiddly but I loved it and occupied me for about 6 x as long as an RC car for 1/6 the price :)

some more pics 

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sooooo small

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Nice. Having built a couple of static bike kits as well, I have to wear my glasses now for these tiny pieces, as you say fiddly in the extreme, but worth it in the end. I’ve just been painting the chassis of a 1/24 Mack DM 800 that somebody gave me while I’m in between RC stuff, and the parts in there are as fiddly too. 

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Wow, you were busy. Love the Top Force and his brothers. That reminds me of my Dirt Thrasher in a box which needs some attention.

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3 hours ago, Re-Bugged said:

Nice. Having built a couple of static bike kits as well, I have to wear my glasses now for these tiny pieces, as you say fiddly in the extreme, but worth it in the end. I’ve just been painting the chassis of a 1/24 Mack DM 800 that somebody gave me while I’m in between RC stuff, and the parts in there are as fiddly too. 

Haha - yeah I’m wearing glasses and magnifiers. Some of the decals are around 1mm

JJ

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3 hours ago, Aerobert said:

Wow, you were busy. Love the Top Force and his brothers. That reminds me of my Dirt Thrasher in a box which needs some attention.

I’ve also got a fighter buggy rx memorial and a super fighter GR violet racer in boxes but I think I’ll keep those 2 like that as a boxed pair 

next project - clod black edition 

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OMG I haven’t updated this for ages - sorry all :(

tbh getting back big time into work after CV19 and I’ve run out of space :) 

plus I’ve had a few other non RC projects on the go….

1. built the missus a cabin

2. been restoring a 1989 volvo 240 estate 

3. been restoring a sinclair c5

4. bought, tuned and sold a smart car 

 

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Some pics of the clod black 

it has a mini carbon lift kit, an original bow tie grill in matte black, all chrome bar the wheels in matte black and an LED light bar. It also has MCI original clod decals 

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they look good together :)

 

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So what else….

finished off the refurb of the mini clubman M-05 with its gold mini lite wheels 

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I’ve built a TT01E Subaru which I’ve almost finished 

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i purchased a koyosho optima turbo and put a few carbon pieces on it (plus I have a new shell and decal set for it as the person who built it was a little sloppy)

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I re restored a hotshot 2 that my mate had in his loft. He got a guy to restore it in exchange for a grasshopper but it was so badly done that I rebuilt it from the ground up with a replacement shell and decals 

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so what’s next?

i still have in box….

 

super fighter GR violet racer (prob won’t build)

Fighter RX memorial (can remain unbuilt with its brother above)

blockhead wild one (undecided)

45 anniversary 934 (undecided)


i thinK my next build will be this tamtech GB-01 

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i have a tamtech hornet shell to go on it too. 
was going to get an XB one but I like building the best :)

I’ve been collecting a few tamtech gear radio gear too 

 

in other news it got to 53 degC in my shed over the hot few days - phew 

 

JJ

 

 

 

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23 hours ago, Problemchild said:

 

2. been restoring a 1989 volvo 240 estate 
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Oh my, I like that a lot! :wub:

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1 hour ago, Krustybus said:

Oh my, I like that a lot! :wub:

Thanks mate - it’s been a fab 6 months restoring it 

JJ

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The Volvo and the Sinclair C5 need build threads of their own  

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6 minutes ago, AshRC said:

The Volvo and the Sinclair C5 need build threads of their own  

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got a 48v brushless to go in it……..

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2 hours ago, Problemchild said:

Thanks mate - it’s been a fab 6 months restoring it 

JJ

Fantastic, did she need much work?

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Just now, Krustybus said:

Fantastic, did she need much work?

I have replaced all the suspension bushes and replaced with poly 

lowered 60mm front 

stainless exhaust and down pipes 

water pump 

HT leads and coil 

injector seals 

nice big alloys 

most of it just to getting it to run a bit smoother 

JJ

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